After briefly regulating their breathing and confirming that the Zhou Tian Qi-Gathering Method worked normally in this world, the group delayed no further.
Ji Qing surveyed the desolate surroundings and said gravely, "Our first priority is to find beings native to this world, gather information, and determine the state of this realm."
With its energy so foul and dangerous, this world was surely no benign place.
After a brief discussion, they chose to explore eastward. To be safe, they refrained from using flying Dharmic Instruments and instead employed their movement techniques, advancing cautiously across the barren land.
After roughly four hours of travel, as the sky began to darken, the terrain ahead grew uneven, giving way to a stretch of low hills.
Suddenly, Chu Mo's gaze sharpened. Almost simultaneously, he and Luo Shan raised their hands, signaling the others to stop.
"There's movement." He lowered his voice, his keen gaze fixed on the far side of the hills. The group immediately concealed their auras and crept silently to a hilltop, crouching low to look down.
In the hollow between the hills, a brutal battle was unfolding!
On one side were four or five humans dressed much like the mortals of Fuli Heaven, armed with standard-issue sabers and swords.
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Almost all of them were wounded. With their backs to several donkey carts loaded with trunks and crates, they had formed a crude defensive circle.
Seven or eight mangled corpses already lay on the ground, the flesh around their wounds torn and curled back as though gnawed by wild beasts.
Facing them was a bizarre creature wreathed in killing intent.
Its upper body was that of a ravishing woman, her full breasts barely concealed by a few